About the Artwork
Young America, My Opposite Neighbor at Table, Mackinac, July 30, 1859
1859
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American
American
Graphite pencil on cream paper
Sheet: 4 5/8 x 7 3/8 inches (11.7 x 18.8 cm)
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Founders Society Purchase, Gibbs-Williams Fund
55.237.70
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Markings
Inscribed, left center: Mackinac | July 30, 1859 Inscribed, center: Young America, my opposite neighbor at the table - [illegible] - | "Guess your legs are pretty long, or else your shoes be" Inscribed, top left corner: 70
Provenance
1955-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Dunnigan, Brian Leigh. A Picturesque Situation: Mackinac Before Photography 1615-1860. p. 321 (lower image).
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American, Young America, My Opposite Neighbor at Table, Mackinac, July 30, 1859, 1859, graphite pencil on cream paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Gibbs-Williams Fund, 55.237.70.
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